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as in inventive
having the skill and imagination to create new things
an imaginative child who is always writing short stories about her pet cat
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as in innovative
showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing
found an imaginative gadget that can grind the beans and heat the water to brew coffee
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Recent Examples of imaginative
Play wants safe boundaries as mischievous Mercury conjoins imaginative Neptune in your 5th House of Creativity.
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
That gives Ferrentino, Cromer, and Thompson some imaginative latitude, opening a lot of potentially productive dramatic questions.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Each environment feels different and creatively leverages the 3-D printing conceit to create imaginative settings.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Some of the most wonderful Hollywood film scores have come from science fiction movies, helping to add an evocative flourish to the futuristic visuals, dynamic characters, and imaginative worldbuilding.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
That gives Ferrentino, Cromer, and Thompson some imaginative latitude, opening a lot of potentially productive dramatic questions.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026
Each environment feels different and creatively leverages the 3-D printing conceit to create imaginative settings.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
Some of the most wonderful Hollywood film scores have come from science fiction movies, helping to add an evocative flourish to the futuristic visuals, dynamic characters, and imaginative worldbuilding.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imaginative
Adjective
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Co-owner and executive chef Sergio Moutela puts an inventive spin on Italian cuisine on the BYOB restaurant's everchanging menus, including brunch.—
USA TODAY NETWORK,
USA Today,
17 Apr. 2026
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Directly overlooking the river, with two-Michelin-star chef Alex Dilling at the helm, this venue offers inventive French gastronomy with elite proteins flown in weekly.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Audio Flux is a home for innovative, short-form audio and bold storytelling.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
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The state, like Pastor Billy’s organization, has emerged as a laboratory for innovative ideas for harnessing technology to help break down barriers holding people back.—
Rajiv J. Shah,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Some are creative directors, CEOs, HR and finance personnel.—
Chris Wragge,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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That burden, along with the conventions of the true-crime genre, not to mention that of theater in service of a political point, sometimes hampers the interpretive space of the actors and the creative team, who have to spend a lot of their time getting the facts and the history across.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Apr. 2026
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Outside of being a clever marketing tactic, the controversy over the movie was also the natural result of a pre-internet time when Faces of Death was more talked about than actually seen.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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The clever tuning of the suspension and the steering wheel -- that's what our engineers are incredibly skilled at.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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This was a team that looked tougher, more connected and, frankly, more talented than the team with the better record.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Super talented and super athletic.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Imaginative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imaginative. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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